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// Rock climbing · California

Climbing at North Wonderland Approach

163 routes on 21 walls, 5.2–5.12c. In California. When the rock grips hour by hour, topos and people to climb with, in the app.

See the Friction Score in the app The grades

Routes

163

Walls

Grades

5.2–5.12c

Rock

Granodiorite

Style

Trad

Best season (estimated)

March–May · October–November

// The grades

What grades are there?

Routes by grade

From 5.2 to 5.12c. Half are between 5.7 and 5.10a.

Each climb counts at its grade; ungraded ones are left out. In the app you can switch to French, UIAA, British or Font grades.

// The walls

Sun and shade

Mostly south-facing: sun for much of the day. A winter crag; in summer, go early or late.

North2 sectorsNortheast0 sectorsEast0 sectorsSoutheast1 sectorSouth2 sectorsSouthwest10 sectorsWest2 sectorsNorthwest0 sectors

Estimated best season: March–May · October–November. Worked out from each wall's aspect and the latitude; the app fine-tunes it with what climbers log.

South-facing wall

S · aspect 180°

Example

Excellent

★ best at 6 PM

12a6a12p6p11p

57°

Temp

41%

Humidity

Wind

Sun

Wall

Friction ScoreHow the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall. In the app, for every crag on the map. See it in the app →ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE

// Walls

The 21 walls

ASPECT · GRADES · ROUTES

01Reggie DomeN · 355° · 5.4–5.11a21 routes

02Outward Bound SlabS · 194° · 5.2–5.10a16 routes

03Ellsmere IslandW · 250° · 5.4–5.11a15 routes

04Unreported RockSW · 238° · 5.4–5.10d14 routes

05Key's PointSW · 238° · 5.4–5.10b12 routes

06Mustang Ranch5.4–5.11d12 routes

07Bear Island5.3–5.12c10 routes

08Hidden DomeS · 192° · 5.6–5.10c8 routes

09B-52 RockW · 251° · 5.6–5.11a7 routes

10The Looking GlassSW · 238° · 5.8–5.11c7 routes

11Brownie Girl DomeSE · 148° · 5.6–5.11d6 routes

12Cool DomeSW · 217° · 5.6–5.10b6 routes

13Bobcat RockSW · 238° · 5.7–5.95 routes

14The SeitchSW · 238° · 5.6–5.11d5 routes

15Financial Wall5.9–5.11a4 routes

16Bubba RockN · 358° · 5.8–5.10c3 routes

17Patch DomeSW · 238° · 5.9–5.10c3 routes

18Peril RockSW · 238° · 5.9–5.10a3 routes

19Chile PepperV4–V72 boulders

20The Convenience StoreSW · 238° · 5.9–5.10a2 routes

21Not So Cool DomeSW · 219° · 5.92 routes

Route names, topos and approaches are in the app.

// Where it is

On the map

// Nearby

Crags nearby

01Gilligan's Island5.4–5.10d · Granodiorite · Trad0 mi · 21 routes 02Land's End Area5.2–5.9 · Granodiorite · Trad0 mi · 3 routes 03Wonderland of Rocks North Bouldering1 mi · 1 route 04The Middle Kingdom5.3–5.11a · Granodiorite · Trad1 mi · 37 routes 05Boyscout Trailhead BoulderingV1 · Bouldering1 mi · 5 boulders 06Voice's Crag5.5–5.10d · Trad1 mi · 13 routes 07Erotic Dome5.8–5.12a · Trad1 mi · 6 routes 08Micro Crag5.3–5.11c · Trad1 mi · 10 routes

// The Friction Score for every crag

Climb more. Guess less.

When the rock grips, hour by hour and wall by wall; topos, your logbook and people to climb with. In your units (°F or °C) and your grades (YDS or French). The social side is free, always.